Religion
“O Thou who bidd’st”
From New York Nocturnes and Other Poems (1898)
Religion
O Thou who bidd’st a million germs decay
That one white bloom may soar into the day,
Mine eyes unseal to see their souls in death
Borne back to Thee upon the lily’s breath.
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MLA
Roberts, Charles G. D. ““O Thou who bidd’st”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/155/.
Chicago
Roberts, Charles G. D. ““O Thou who bidd’st”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/155/.
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